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Topic: pcdj xml playlist export to m3u playlist for virtualdj

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hi all ive been thinking of buying this virtualdj but i didnt want to loose my currant playlist
so i spoke to help team and they said they havnt a convertor to convert from pcdj recordcase to m3u

but ive finaly found this some chap has made his very own professional convertor and ive tried it and works great

http://message.pcdj.com/showthread.php?s=1611a363e6a4af0a73843b0e8a1eded5&threadid=4713&highlight=PhantomDj+Tools

thats the thread

and u can download it here http://www.sweetsensationsdj.com/PhantomDjTools/PhantomDjTools(Converter).zip

have fun
 
Posted Tue 02 May 06 @ 1:56 pm
First thing you need to do is buy VDJ, then learn to spell or use a checker....

Why would anyone want a pcdj anything?
It's like comparing apples and rotten oranges..... VDJ Rules, pcdjfx blows, oh well I could not make it rhyme.....it happens..... LOL


-Dj Los.
 
what a prat

who the hell are you to critizize anyones spelling i coudlnt spell to save my live so what big deal i couldnt care less who are u the spell checker police you must be very busy as the internet is full of spell mistakes

ive been kind enough to share this valuble info for those who use pcdj and would like to migrate to vdj but dont want to spend countless hours redoing there record collection

dont listen to this idiot people have fun this is a great tool for you all

have fun cheers
 
thanx for the tool Neon ;)

A great tool for many of our new customers, and you are not the first one that have asked if there is a convertion tool from PCDJ to VDJ ;) And now we have the answer to that...


thanx

Hope to see you as a VDJ user soon:)

@Dj-Los : having a bad day? ;) lol...
 
Thanks for the tool.
 
Nah, no bad day here, though I am happy to have made his day.

Any time someone is more than thrilled that they cannot spell and choose to take out their frustrations on those that try to let them know so at least they may sound intelligent though perhaps they are not, it's fine with me.

Don't really see the usefulness of that converter, all it does is make an m3u (fully qualified path and filename) what's the big deal? You will still need to analyze to get bpm's and song length etc.....
If it actually took all the info that PCDJ put into the XML file, then it would be usefull, as there is no need to analyze the file to get the bpm and ......
Seems more like a hindrance then any help.
Export to m3u, then import to VDJ and get saved as XML, seems likely something will go wrong.
When all is said and done, they are still miles apart, with VDJ way in the lead of course.

If something is worth doing, then it's worth doing right.
You can save all the time by just bringing the folder up in VDJ, and even set the shortcut to it, if you so choose. Then start analyzing the files, again if you so choose to.

Start to finish from install to play first song is minutes.
I am simply amazed that I can plug in a drive with 40k plus songs, then have VDJ add it to the "search DB" in mere seconds. Try the same with PCDJ, if that's not enough to make you buy VDJ, then the price and features sure should be.

It's always the "no license user" causing problems, why is that?

-Dj Los.
 
hehe ;)

Yeah, I dont know how usefull the converter really is, just know quite a few asked for it...

But you are right, everything needs to be scanned again in VDJ :)
 
Well thank you for your friendly input I am sure somewhere you have been very helpful in your statement I am just at a loss where!

I am not thrilled at all about my spelling but when I want to be a quick typist I do leave lots of spelling mistakes if you took a little more time to read where my posting is you will see that its not in the general discussion area but in the Software Technical Support area for those who need real help not Snide comments

and if you don’t see the usefulness then maybe its because you don’t know enough of what your talking about to understand that this tool can be very helpful for those wishing to migrate to vdj but it seems that you may be educated enough to spell you lack the intelligence to understand why this tool is extremely helpful

And as said by dj-in-norway Supprt team " A great tool for many of our new customers, and you are not the first one that have asked if there is a conversion tool from PCDJ to VDJ ;) And now we have the answer to that... "

Funny how that someone in vdj support seems to think it’s a good tool

And the tool converts the xml file to m3u which you just add to your play list folder it might seem complicated for you dj-loss but after a couple of weeks you may grasp it

And i was on the understanding that you did not need to be a license user to be helpful on this forum
And it is you that is being a jerk and causing problems have you ever heard the term if you haven’t anything nice to say shut it

Kind regards
 
lol;)

lets not start a war;)

the convertion tool have been asked for by many ex-pcdj users.. true.

I have never tested it, but if it works good, then I'm sure many ex-pcdj users will find it usefull...
It will convert playlist.. but it would not import such values as bpm info, gain info, song analyze etc.
That needs to be done in VDJ, and you would want that anyways, as VDJ gives far better bpm results...

But anyways, its a tool asked for , so thanx for posting the link:) I'm sure some PCDJ users will see its use, like you want to use it...

Hopefully you will like VDJ, and we will see you as a full VDJ pro user one day;)
I'm sure you will find it better than the "other software"
 
ok, no insults, no war, just facts, the tool really is not useful.
Not knocking your attempt at a good post, or your effort.

This tool was written for PCDJ users to conver RED (ini files) to FX (xml files) and to create m3u playlists from their recordcases.

Just look at what is contained in the m3u file the tool creates (using notepad or wordpad).
All that is in there is files names with the full path to them.

I was for a BETA tester for pcdj and know that most if not all used the folders like record cases.
With that said, in VDJ all you need to do is expand "desktop" then locate the root folder of all your mp3's.
Then right click, "set as Favorite". Also right click "add to search DB". You will note that when you add it to the search DB it takes only several seconds and you will have all your files. much faster than having to convert anything.

This procedure is more complicated to write than it actually is to do.
With that said, if you wanted to use the tool, it would take a lot more time, and you may not even end up with the same results.

This software (VDJ) does not have the same serious issues that PCDJ does with the record case.
I just d/l the latest version of pcdjFX (I am a registered user) and the record case today still takes (for my 40k songs) around 40 to 60 minutes to import from scratch.
I think that is why people are looking for a tool, where there is no need for one.
They have been conditioned since PCDJ Red, when we used ini files instead of xml.
A user "online4u" wrote a VB app that would scan hdd for files and create ini's from them.
This was only due to the lack of the software to do this correctly in the first place.
That is when all the tools got started. I wrote some myself to help with pcdj, but I saw the writing on the wall. They wanted testers, but not people with opinions on how to make it better.

Anyway, like Norway said, hope to you as a full user soon, this way I can really abuse you..... LOL :-)

Don't take things on forums so hard, they only lead to high blood pressure.
All in fun dude, enjoy the s/w.

-Dj Los.
 
dj-los

This is not constructive

You are misleading people
You say " -Dj Los. "This tool was written for PCDJ users to conver RED (ini files) to FX (xml files) and to create m3u playlists from their recordcases."

But actually the in the record case of pcdj red the lists are already xml so the tool converts them to m3u
And your right it does only set the name and path to the record at witch is exactly what is needed

you see i no that vdj has a great scan tool built in but what about my playlists that I need the one that has all the tracks pointing to them like
Wedding list
Rock list
Jazz list
Blues list
Pop list
Kids list
Teen list
Anniversary list
Halloween list
Xmas list
And every other list I can think off that I have created
I don’t want to painstakingly find each and every track again that would take me weeks

For me to just create a m3u file from my own personal playlists and drop it into vdj playlists folder
Then scan the tracks i find i can do all this in a very short time

I just think you miss the point although this may not be very useful to you
It has been very valuable to me and as dj-in-norway says he has had enquiries for such a tool too

I am sure that you have plenty of software on your system that i may think is useless and would not serve a purpose for me but I am sure its what you needed

and as for full user i haven’t made my mind up i use pcdj red with no problems and have some very successful nights with pcdj but as for people being conditioned to use red funny I am a red user but I am still here checking out other software to see if it has any more useful features that i could adopt

No insults no war mate i haven’t met you
Remember it’s always just a debate on the internet and shared opinions or not

If you feel the urge to reply once more because the high blood pressure is getting to you
" -Dj Los. "Don't take things on forums so hard, they only lead to high blood pressure."


Have fun m8 take care
 
Hi,

Are you using PCDJ Red or PCDJ Fx?

I ask because you state that you are using RED and have xml files as your playlists.
RED does not use XML files at all, it uses "*.ini" files for groups and "*.wlt" files for playlists.

So yes I agree with you, if you are using PCDJ Fx and want to use your existing playlists that are saved in XML format, you can convert them to m3u playlists that would play nicely in VDJ. I had not thought of that, for this purpose this tool would be good to use to import your current FX play lists.

-Dj Los.
 
hmm not sure what version you have been using

im using Pcdj Red ver 7.2 vrm

Groups.xml

50s_1953.xml
LOG_10_29_2004.xml
WaitLists_Default WaitList.xml

everything is in xml and i have succesfully converted all playlists
 
Wow, I am an original SL1200, then RED user, then FX.
Never occurred to me that they migrated RED to RED VRM, so when you said RED, you really meant RED VRM since they are 2 very different software packages.

So yes, if you have RED VRM or FX, use the tool to convert your playlists to m3u.

-Dj Los.
 
Great reading you two .... I am an old SL1200 /red/fx user myself and just about to buy VDJ to start video djing. Hasn't software come a long way ..... wowsers .... VDJ best video mixer out there so far although it has lot's of issues with big video files ... most people can't use VOB, MP2 or even WMF files ...
mpg 1 and divx are the only two files I can successfully mix, match and play.
Bought 3ivx decoders and swear by it .... works gr8 with VDJ although you must change extension to windows media decoder ...

(my only gripe is 6 months of WMF conversion down the gurgle ....)

have fun

dj from downunder
 
Hi,

Yeah, I went through 2 times before using .vob's for my video's.
They are in the average of 200mb and play fine, with no loss of quality when used with a projectors.
I agree, the bigger videos like movies don't play well at all.
Just like large mp3 mixes.

Love the s/w, especially the ease of use from newb to pro, they have it covered.
Now if we can just get a real karaoke key changer and "performer"line up cards we'd be set.

-Dj Los.
 
The WMV format is not really made for anything other than straight forward play..
Its a bad format for scratch, and other creativity djing...

The easier to decode, the easier to jump back and forth, the better the format is for djing...
mpg1, mpg2, divx6 and more seems to work fine:)


Regarding key changer, its been asked for , and maybe VDJ4 has something up its sleave;)
 


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